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Roland Schegg
March 16, 2:00 PM
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"Le géant technologique Google vient d'annoncer une refonte majeure de Google Maps, intégrant son intelligence artificielle (IA) la plus avancée, Gemini. Ce n'est plus seulement une application de navigation, mais un véritable assistant de voyage personnel. Pour les intervenants touristiques du Québec, que vous gériez un gîte dans le Bas-Saint-Laurent, une microbrasserie en Gaspésie ou un attrait majeur à Montréal, ces changements vont redéfinir la manière dont les voyageurs vous découvrent et interagissent avec vous. Après tout, Google Maps est l'application voyage la plus téléchargée à l'échelle mondiale! Changement de paradigme : de la recherche à la conversation L'époque où l'on tapait simplement « restaurant près de moi » dans la barre de recherche tire à sa fin. Avec l’arrivée de Gemini dans Maps, les utilisateurs peuvent désormais poser des questions plus complexes comme : « Quoi faire avec des amis ce soir à Québec qui soit original et pas trop bruyant ? ». Pour l’intervenant touristique, l’impact est majeur. L’IA ne se contente plus de lister des entreprises, elle les recommande en fonction du contexte et des avis des clients. Cela signifie que la qualité de votre fiche Google Business, la précision de vos attributs (terrasse, Wi-Fi, ambiance) et la fraîcheur de vos photos sont plus cruciales que jamais pour être « choisi » par l’algorithme."
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Roland Schegg
March 16, 1:55 PM
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ChatGPT reste de loin le produit d’IA grand public le plus utilisé au monde. Sur le web, il affiche un trafic 2,7 fois supérieur à celui de Gemini, deuxième du classement. Sur mobile, l’écart est comparable (2,5 fois). OpenAI revendique désormais 900 millions d’utilisateurs et utilisatrices actifs chaque semaine, soit plus de 10 % de la population mondiale.
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Roland Schegg
March 16, 6:20 AM
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Guest reviews are becoming a central factor in how hotels are discovered and ranked across online travel agencies and emerging AI-driven search tools. Lighthouse has introduced Review Agent, a new feature designed to help independent hotels manage and respond to guest reviews more efficiently. By centralizing reviews from major OTAs and using AI to generate responses, the tool aims to improve response rates, strengthen reputation signals, and ultimately boost hotel visibility and bookings. The launch reflects a broader shift in travel discovery, where algorithms increasingly use review data to determine which hotels travelers see first.
Key takeaways
Reviews influence visibility across platforms: Guest feedback now plays a major role not only in traveler decision-making but also in how OTAs and AI-powered search systems rank and recommend hotels. Centralized review management: Review Agent aggregates guest reviews from platforms such as Booking.com and Expedia into a single dashboard, allowing hoteliers to monitor and manage feedback without switching between systems.
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Roland Schegg
March 15, 2:37 PM
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Des chercheurs, notamment de l’EPFZ, viennent de montrer comment des modèles de langage peuvent relier des comptes pseudonymes à des identités réelles à partir de simples textes publics
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Roland Schegg
March 13, 7:59 AM
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"There is one detail from the Accor ChatGPT launch that the press coverage treated as a feature note and moved past. It deserves more than a sentence. When a traveler searches for an Accor hotel inside ChatGPT, they see two prices: the public rate, and the ALL member rate. Side by side, in the AI interface, before the traveler has opened a browser tab, before they have visited Booking.com, before they have even decided to book. That is not a user experience enhancement. It is a strategic repositioning of where loyalty enters the booking journey — and it has implications that reach well beyond Accor's portfolio."
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Roland Schegg
March 13, 7:20 AM
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Le SEO est mort, un prompt remplace un mot clé, les LLM écrivent tout seuls… Depuis que le GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) s’est imposé dans les conversations, les raccourcis vont bon train. Il faut dire que le sujet est brûlant. À mesure que les utilisateurs se tournent vers ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude ou Perplexity pour leurs recherches, les marques cherchent à exister dans les réponses générées par les IA.
Un terrain nouveau, où les repères du SEO classique ne s’appliquent pas toujours. Pour Michael Beresin, Directeur Innovation et IA du Groupe Cosmo5, la plupart des certitudes qui circulent actuellement sur le sujet sont fausses. Il démonte six idées reçues qui ont (déjà) la vie dure.
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Roland Schegg
March 13, 7:14 AM
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Qui est vraiment menacé par l’IA ? Anthropic tente de répondre avec ses propres données et une méthodologie inédite, avec des conclusions qui tempèrent les scénarios catastrophistes. Pour le moment.
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Roland Schegg
March 13, 1:29 AM
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Die Bedeutung der herkömmlichen Suchmaschinenoptimierung wandelt sich innerhalb der Hotelbranche. Laut einer aktuellen Studie der Professoren Roland Schegg und Jean-Claude Morand vom Institut für Tourismus der Fachhochschule Westschweiz (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) wird die klassische Suche zunehmend durch die Generative Engine Optimisation ergänzt. Grund hierfür ist, dass Reisende ihre Unterkünfte vermehrt über digitale Assistenten wie ChatGPT, Google Gemini oder spezialisierte Chatbots suchen. Die Untersuchung zeigt auf, dass Nutzer bei diesen Systemen keine langen Ergebnislisten mehr erhalten, sondern oft nur noch drei bis fünf konkrete Hotelempfehlungen als Antwort auf natürlich formulierte Anfragen.
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Roland Schegg
March 12, 9:36 AM
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The short-term rental (STR) sector is on the cusp of a big shift in how people search for stays. But collectively the key players are scratching their heads.
The problem is, no one knows to what extent artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search and (eventually) distribution will disrupt traditional booking patterns, or more importantly, which large language models (LLMs) will ultimately dominate.
For now, LLMs such as ChatGPT and Claude are jostling for position as they test the consumer appetite for advertising. Google is also experimenting with advertising in AI mode. This early stage of development could pave the way for startups to step in with products that support rental managers.
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Roland Schegg
March 11, 11:39 AM
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Roland Schegg
March 11, 9:13 AM
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"Eine umfassende Studie zur digitalen Präsenz von Schweizer Versicherungsunternehmen zeigt deutliche Unterschiede im Umgang mit Kundinnen- und Kundenbewertungen.
Der neu veröffentlichte hypt Report – Insurance Switzerland 2026, der in Zusammenarbeit mit der HES‑SO Valais-Wallis entstanden ist, untersucht die Google‑Profile von 1’820 Versicherungsagenturen und macht sichtbar, wie stark die digitale Wahrnehmung in der Branche variiert.
Besonders ins Auge fällt, dass über die Hälfte der Versicherungsstandorte weniger als 15 Bewertungen aufweisen – zu wenig, um ein verlässliches Bild der Kundenzufriedenheit zu vermitteln oder digital sichtbar zu werden. Dort hingegen, wo regelmässig Feedback eingeholt wird, zeichnen sich deutlich positivere Eindrücke ab. Viele dieser aktiven Agenturen erreichen Bewertungen von über vier Sternen und profitieren von einer deutlich höheren digitalen Präsenz. "
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Roland Schegg
March 10, 4:46 AM
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Two months ago, a hotel that wanted a direct presence inside ChatGPT had no real path to get there. Booking.com and Expedia had secured their places as launch partners. The OTAs moved fast, as they always do. Hotels watched.
That has changed, visibly, in the past six weeks. The question is no longer whether direct AI distribution is possible. It is whether any given hotel is building it or waiting to see how it goes.
The ones building it fall into roughly three categories. Each is doing something meaningfully different. The differences matter.
The chain that treated AI as infrastructure
Hyatt is the clearest example of a hotel company that made a decision — not a pilot, a decision — to rebuild around conversational search before the channel existed.
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Roland Schegg
March 10, 4:37 AM
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In BCG’s 2025 global pan-industry analysis of AI adoption, fewer than 10% of hospitality companies surveyed could be called “future built,” defined as having cutting edge AI capabilities and generating substantial value from it. Twenty-five percent of hospitality firms fell into the “AI-scaling” category, meaning that they have an AI strategy that is starting to produce real returns across multiple organizational activities.
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Roland Schegg
March 16, 1:59 PM
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"Selon le média américain Skift, Montréal serait officiellement devenue le deuxième pôle de technologie de voyage le plus important au monde, juste derrière la Silicon Valley! Si vous aviez l'impression que la métropole bourdonnait d'innovation ces dernières années, vous aviez raison. Mais ce que l’article souligne, c’est que ce succès ne s’est pas fait par pur hasard.
1. Une fondation solide : L’ADN de l’aviation L’article de Skift rappelle que Montréal n’est pas partie de rien. Notre ville est l’un des trois grands centres mondiaux de l’aéronautique (avec Toulouse et Seattle). La présence de l’OACI, de l’IATA et de géants comme Air Canada a créé un bassin de talents techniques exceptionnels. Ce savoir-faire en logistique complexe et en transport a servi de tremplin pour bâtir les algorithmes de demain.
On pourrait même ajouter l’héritage de la grappe industrielle en aéronautique et d’entreprises comme Bombardier ou Airbus, sans oublier le pôle industrie autour de l’ancien aéroport de Mirabel."
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Roland Schegg
March 16, 1:53 PM
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"Google has launched a conversational interface and updated navigation features in Maps, both powered by Gemini.
Travelers can use natural language within the Ask Maps experience, asking questions about recommended scenic stops on the way to a destination or to identify something specific, like public tennis courts with lights to play at night.
“Previously, finding this information meant lots of research and sifting through reviews. But now, you can just tap the ‘Ask Maps’ button and get your questions answered conversationally, with a customized map to help you visualize your options,” Miriam Daniel, VP and general manager of Google Maps, wrote in a blog post."
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Roland Schegg
March 16, 6:07 AM
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"Artificial intelligence is changing how travelers discover and choose hotels. Instead of manually searching dozens of websites, many travelers are beginning to rely on AI assistants that research, compare and recommend hotels on their behalf. This shift means hotels are no longer competing only for attention in search results or OTAs, but increasingly for inclusion in AI-driven recommendations. In this new environment, brand trust, reputation and consistently strong guest experiences will play a decisive role in whether AI systems recommend a hotel—or whether travelers override those recommendations based on personal preference."
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Roland Schegg
March 13, 8:05 AM
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Every major hospitality technology conference this year will feature a keynote about AI. The slides will show automation workflows, dynamic pricing dashboards, and AI concierges handling guest requests in seventeen languages. The vendor booths will promise transformation. The purchase orders will follow.
What won't appear on any of those slides is the number BCG buried in its 2026 AI-First Hotels report: only 2.9% of full-time employees in travel and tourism possess AI skills. In the technology and media sector, the equivalent figure is 21%.
The industry is not facing an AI tools shortage. It is facing an AI skills crisis — and the two problems require entirely different responses.
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Roland Schegg
March 13, 7:34 AM
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Depuis toujours, Instagram maintient une politique stricte sur le partage de liens. La plateforme s’est légèrement débridée ces dernières années, avec l’arrivée du sticker Lien dans les Stories (d’abord réservé aux comptes ayant plus de 10 000 abonnés), puis les liens dans les Reels. Et bonne nouvelle, Meta vient de confirmer le test de liens cliquables directement dans les légendes de publications, une option réclamée depuis (très) longtemps par les créateurs.
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Roland Schegg
March 13, 7:16 AM
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" Key Findings - We introduce a new measure of AI displacement risk, observed exposure, that combines theoretical LLM capability and real-world usage data, weighting automated (rather than augmentative) and work-related uses more heavily
- AI is far from reaching its theoretical capability: actual coverage remains a fraction of what's feasible
- Occupations with higher observed exposure are projected by the BLS to grow less through 2034
- Workers in the most exposed professions are more likely to be older, female, more educated, and higher-paid
- We find no systematic increase in unemployment for highly exposed workers since late 2022, though we find suggestive evidence that hiring of younger workers has slowed in exposed occupations"
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Roland Schegg
March 13, 6:22 AM
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" Today, Google Maps is fundamentally changing what a map can do. By bringing together the world's freshest map with our most capable Gemini models, we’re transforming exploration into a simple conversation and making driving more intuitive than ever with our biggest navigation upgrade in over a decade. Ask anything about any place We’re introducing Ask Maps, a new conversational experience that answers complex, real-world questions a map could never answer before. Now you can ask for things like, “My phone is dying — where can I charge it without having to wait in a long line for coffee?” or “Is there a public tennis court with lights on that I can play at tonight?” Previously, finding this information meant lots of research and sifting through reviews. But now, you can just tap the “Ask Maps” button and get your questions answered conversationally, with a customized map to help you visualize your options."
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Roland Schegg
March 13, 1:20 AM
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Disponibles en Suisse, les lunettes connectées de Meta sont vivement critiquées. D’une part, l’entreprise américaine est accusée d’envoyer les images enregistrées à des entreprises tierces. De l’autre, des projets ont démontré qu’elles pouvaient être utilisées à des fins de surveillance
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Roland Schegg
March 12, 3:19 AM
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"For years, the hotel industry accepted a working assumption: OTAs control the digital funnel, and direct bookings compete at the margins. That assumption shaped technology budgets, distribution strategies, and revenue management decisions across the industry.
Boston Consulting Group's 2026 AI-First Hotels report puts a number on how much has changed. Digital direct bookings — transactions completed through hotel websites and brand apps — totaled $262 billion globally. OTA transactions came in at $266 billion. The distinction matters: total direct bookings across all channels have always exceeded OTA volume for large hotel groups. What's significant here is the digital channel specifically — the one OTAs were built to dominate, and the one where consumer behavior, search patterns, and AI are now playing out. On that turf, the gap is $4 billion on a half-trillion-dollar market.
BCG frames what drove that convergence plainly: direct booking growth has been powered by loyalty perks, member-only rates, and richer storytelling on brand sites that emphasize experience over price.
That $4 billion gap is not dominance. It is a statistical tie — and it was earned, not given."
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Roland Schegg
March 11, 10:27 AM
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There is a simple test any hotel can run. Open ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Mode. Type the name of your property. Read what comes back.
In most cases, the response will be recognisable but wrong. The pool that was refurbished in 2023 is still described as it was in 2021. The restaurant that changed concept is still described as its predecessor. The meeting space that can accommodate 80 delegates is listed as holding 40. The policy on pets, which changed twice in the last three years, may reflect any of the three versions depending on which source the model pulled from most recently.
None of this is hallucination in the technical sense. The AI is not inventing facts about a property it cannot find. It is accurately reporting facts from a source that is outdated, incomplete, or simply wrong — and that source, in the majority of cases, is an OTA listing.
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Roland Schegg
March 10, 9:36 AM
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OpenAI is shifting its Instant Checkout offering in ChatGPT, tempering the theory that artificial intelligence (AI) could render intermediaries nonessential in travel.
The AI giant reportedly said that it is moving Instant Checkout to ChatGPT apps for more seamless purchasing. A number of travel players, including Expedia, Booking.com, Skyscanner, Accor, Lighthouse and others, have launched ChatGPT apps.
“We’re evolving how we approach commerce in ChatGPT to better meet merchants and users where they are,” OpenAI said, according to the report from The Information. The company said it is also working on bettering product search and discovery within ChatGPT.
Instant Checkout was built on OpenAI and Stripe’s co-developed Agentic Commerce Protocol. The pair initially announced instant checkout last September with brands like Shopify and Etsy, as other major players such as Google and Visa also leaned into agentic payment exploration. Though no travel brands were included at the launch, the move seemingly shifted the concept of AI travel distribution past the theoretical stage.
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Roland Schegg
March 10, 4:43 AM
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At ITB Berlin, travel technology executives discussed how artificial intelligence is reshaping the industry’s foundations. The conversation highlighted a shift toward becoming “AI-native,” meaning companies design their systems, products and processes around AI rather than treating it as an optional add-on. Leaders from Sabre, Booking.com, Google and Skyscanner emphasized that AI will increasingly influence everything from pricing and search to retailing and customer service. While the industry is already experimenting with new AI capabilities, the broader transformation will depend on infrastructure readiness, consumer trust and the complexity of travel transactions.
Key takeaways
Becoming AI-native: Travel companies are beginning to embed AI across the entire product lifecycle—from pricing and search to booking, payments and customer service—rather than deploying it as a standalone feature.
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